[PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: serial: 8250: Explicitly make LPC32xx UARTs compatible with 16550A
Vladimir Zapolskiy
vz at mleia.com
Mon Jan 12 02:06:33 PST 2026
On 1/12/26 11:25, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 04:46:46AM +0200, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>> NXP LPC32xx SoC has 4 16550A compatible UARTs with 64 byte TX and RX FIFO
>> sizes, and the platform UART hardware is well supported as a standard
>> 16550A UART.
>
> Driver uses dedicated driver/match data, so some context here about
> compatibility would be useful.
>
As the commit message says, 4 LPC32xx UARTs are NS16550A compatible, this
is the context of the change.
Any bootloader or operating system which does not locate "nxp,lpc3220-uart"
device driver shall use the general "ns16550" compatible device driver.
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Best wishes,
Vladimir
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